The Entire Outer Wilds Timeline EXPLAINED! 

I have good news and bad news. Good news is that people seem to love the video which is great because I loved making it! Bad news is that this will most likely be the last Outer Wilds video I make. I would love to make more but honestly I’m not sure what else I could do. I did this video which covers basically the whole story, and the iceberg which covers almost everything outside of the story. And while that is sad news I’m super proud of both these videos and I hope you will continue to stick with me as I make videos similar to this one for other games you love. ::)

Dude this is THE Outer Wilds lore video.

Owlks: Circular spacecraft with simulation world that could live forever. Nomais: Vessel with advance warp core that could travel through galaxies. Hearthians: Wooden space ship.

I love the idea that the owl guys technology is good enough to store consciousness onto a computer, but they hadn’t got as far as full motion video

I can't remember where i saw the comment, but it was something like: 1 eye called out 2 eyes tried to hide it 3 eyes tried to find it, and 4 eyes managed to unbind it...

Gods almighty, that voice-acted recording of Escall's Folly (24:00) is absolutely heartbreaking. I lejit got choked up hearing it and remembering the first time I read the scroll walls inside the Vessel for the first time, putting myself inside the Nomais' heads as their home collapsed around them without warning, with no way to fix it or call for help. 100/10 video.

Y'know what? I was gonna make a joke comment, but this video actually just deserves a heartfelt "thank you and well done". So thank you. And well done! The way that you ended this, by allowing the rest of the lore to be explained by our own individual experience of the game, was so perfect that it immediately brought back my entire memory of playing this game from years ago. Bravo!

Every time I'm reminded of this game I get emotional. Can't believe how great of a job they did on such a "small" scale game (still a ton of work obviously went into it). Even just hearing the banjo line gets me.

I am not able to understand how a MASTERPIECE like this is under 1 million views. Congratilations for your PERFECT job with editing, scripting and everything else. I wish you all the best.

I honestly cried a couple times while watching this video driving to work. Well, I'm in the office right now and i feel myself tearing up once again. This video is a great conclusion of a great videogame. In the beginning you said this game changed your life and i have no idea why - it didn't make me rich, it didn't give me new knowledges, nothing of that. But i cannot help but agree with you, now literally everyday i end up thinking about this experience or bits of it. It's just incredible. Thank you Edit: btw, side note.. great editing, building and writing too. This is a very well made video regardless of the subject

For anyone wanting to "experience" the EotE but is incredibly incompatible with horror games (like me) and cannot finish the DLC on their own, lookup "About Oliver" and his playthrough series. It's a good alternative to getting the puzzle pieces in somewhat intended order and slowly figuring out what's going on.

Yup that made me feel something

This might be my favorite thing on RU-vid about Outer Wilds. The comprehensiveness, the voice acting, the dedication, I come back to this over and over again just to listen to you explain this wonderful game to me as many times as I can. Bravo for this, this is a masterpiece.

I just finished the game a few days ago. The timing couldn't have been more perfect. Tomatoanus posted a speedrun explained video. Then, your content pops out of no where. Outerwilds is definitely trending again.

Okay, yeah you were right. Thanks for telling me to go play Echoes of the Eye before coming back. You're a real one.

I like to imagine that the Mobius Digital team had a watchparty for this video. The amount of work you put into it is staggering and it really shows, thank you!

Remember next time you think your life amounts to nothing. You don't know the consequences of this "nothing" and how significant you were to this universe in the end. I lost my mother recently shortly after completing Outer Wilds. This game prepared me for times of grieving, helped me to make to know how to say farewell to a loved one even if I'd give everything to have those damned twenty-two minutes to go back and keep her alive. I hope Outer Wilds helped many other people to deal with loss and existential dread. Thank you for the work you've done and to all of you fellow travelers, take time to roast a marshmallow. The night sky is beautiful, company is good and who knows ? Maybe this moment could be the most important of your life, even if it lasts only twenty-two minutes.

the nomai are such badasses. its such a shame they went out like that

Knowing in the end now that the "start" of the game is actually the 9millionth iteration of your character "starting" their journey just makes it even more amazing that this game was made the way it was. My only question about it, other than to make a perceived notion that you are on a different timeline, why wouldn't the probe be sent to the same direction every single time after you are communicated and linked with the statue?

This video did Outer Wilds justice. I knew there had to be a story recap out there from someone who loved the game, and it is very clear from the quality of this video that you love the game dearly, too. Outer Wilds is hauntingly beautiful. A game like no other. I am still in awe of how real it all feels. What all the characters went through in search of the Eye of the Universe, and how we end up thrust in the story at the end of the universe, is a wild ride. Thank you very much for the work you put into this. I loved every moment of it and the game.

Duede, this is so fucking sick! To think how long it must have taken to write this script, and to serialize the branching narrative, arranging sections deliberatly to create tension, rising and falling action within your script! It's fucking sick! The amount of effort you put into this is crazy! I am also suprised how almost every little detail of thr nomais history got covered - Arringing them into a sensible order must have been a lot of work Especially the ash twin projects convergent nature - how many divisions and working groups came together, and how everything has to click into place for the nomais insane plan to work These are details that you built out if the existing narrative that i found very satisfying to imagine. You told the story like a tangible engineering project And at the end i found that i learned new things about the nature of the time loops- How exactly the statue came to be activated and how many times we died in the alternate simulated loop realities with no memories of it. I hope our comments can justify the amount of effort in your mind! And don't stress about making more OW content as yous ay in your pinned comment You have proven that you can retell stories in long form and write compellingly -so when youre in the right place again and drop another banger, it has a good chance of finding people ::)

That was so good!! I loved the sense of deep time it gave me, while also providing really nice descriptions of motivations and events. This is going on my "Great Outer Wilds Video Essays" playlist!

Amazing video! I've spent the last couple of weeks obsessively playing Outer Wilds. I've finished the main section of the game this video is such a great way to wrap it all up and help me see the story in its entirety. The story is so complex I really needed someone to lay it all out in detail the way you did. Thank you, you did such a good job, I've liked and subscribed immediately after I finished watching. ❤❤

I really like how you condensed all the information but I'd like to point out your really good writing (as I assume this video had a script) on the "End Times" and "The Next Generation" segments. It is really emotional to me at least, thank you.

Man, this is by far the best Outerwilds video I have seen. Very good use of the music at the right time. Congrats and thanks.

super solid vid, hyped to see what you do next, and excited to come back once i play the dlc

The quality of this video is out of scale. Thank you. I was really confused about some part of the function of the ash twin project. But the whole video was just a pleasure to watch.

You made me appreciate this game and the amount of love the devs have put into it even more. Sadly, my laptop runs Outer Wilds horrendously, so I have to experience it through RU-vid. Great video, bud! Subscribed.

Absolutely amazing video!!! Bloody brilliant! You finally did justice to this amazing game! Thanks so so so much!

This video, and the way you constructed it, allowed me to fall back into what it felt like when I played this game and slowly unraveled these mysteries for the first time. I didn't think anything would ever give me even a portion of that feeling again, but here we are. Thank you for the amazing video ❤

this is amazing. i never played the game by myself sadly, but i was always in a voicecall with a friend when he played, so we experienced it together, and we are still gushing about how awesome it is.

Well deserved like and sub. Your understanding of the psychology of this game is amazing and the quality of the editing is top-notch. I look forward to seeing what you make next ::)

Just came across this video and one hour has never gone this fast as watching this video! Well done! What I also like about the owlks is that, at the ending, given you free the prisoner, he stands in the dark, away from the campfire. He shows guilt over his species closing off the signal of the eye. Even after all the years that he is imprisoned by his own kind, he still takes blame of what they've done. It really shows how emotional the owlks can be.

One of the only hour length videos I have found myself engaged in the whole time. What an outstanding video

Brilliant! Thank you for the effort that went into this

Amazing work, thank you so much

DAMN! the Escall's Vessel scene hits 10 times harder with that reenactment! 10/10 stuff!!!!

Hah I've been waiting for a video JUST like this one for years. Thanks so much!

This might just be one of the best videos ive ever watched. I simply have so many words that i have no words.

So much effort put in this video ! I hope it reachs a lot of people

Fantastic Video. I know every little piece of Outer Wilds lore but this really made me relive the experience again. Thank you for gifting the community with such an elegant and well made video ::)

Amazing work❤

Great video! It was great to experience this story again in a new way.

Awesome video!! Well done on the explanation and on the great footage in the background!

Not even halfway through, but I already have to say this is such an excellent and well put together video. You should be proud of what you have created with both this video, and the iceberg video I watched just before this! -Edit: Can confirm after finishing.. what an absolutely stunning video! That ending was flawlessly done. This video is a truly shining example of what makes RU-vid a great platform for extremely talented creators to make something this high quality regarding an amazing topic such as this one. Genuinely, thank you for making this!

Thank you for making this timeline, now I completely understand the complexity of the game, thanks!

Just wow, thank you for the amazing work. This is the best OW lore video i've seen. I just finished the game/dlc for the first time and it's so great to see the full stories connected. Thank you !

Thank you so much for this masterpiece of a video the closest I’ve come to the feeling I had on my first playthrough over a year ago you’ve got me in tears my man. Absolutely phenomenal use of Andrew Prahlows amazing music as well

production value on this is crazy, great job

While I may never experience Outer Wilds for the first time again, videos like this make the memories come to life in a beautiful way. Thanks.

I had thought to do a video detailing the story in linear fashion but now there's no reason to. This video perfectly encapsulates everything and has extremely high production value to boot. I really enjoyed the watch.

Thx for the explanation, and the effort you put in this video. Bravo!

Amazing video, Thank you!

Underrated video. Amazing work my guy

Thanks for the video! I love outer wilds so much. It's a testament to the deep wealth of information to be found in the game that information on the time the player experiences isn't presented until the last ten minutes of the video.

When I fist bought Outer Wilds a couple of years ago after hearing so much praise about it (Yet staying completly spoiler free apart from the fact that it is open world and a puzzle game) I started the Game ran into the campfire and died in 60s (As that was the first achievment i saw on the steam page). That was the first time i saw the death ending. It brought me back to the Title screen and i started the game again. After messing around a bit in the Village and dying multiple more times I closed the game thinking it wasnt something for me. At that time the idea of a puzzle game in which you lose all your progress when dying wasnt very appealing to me (Mind you at that time i didnt know anything about the game. I thought the game would be akin to smth like the Witness in which it would be an open world with many stationary puzzle games leading to some grand ending.) So there it was lying dormant in my steam library for years to come. Then a couple of months ago I played another story based game and after finishing it I looked it up online trying to find other similar games and there i saw it once again Outer Wilds. Even tho it has been a bit I still remembered what the game was like when i first played it yet i booted it up once more to give it another chance (Which turned out to be most likely one of the best things i have done in my life). After starting the game and ignoring most of the things in the "Tutorial" (Because im that kind of player who ignores most of the story and only briefly flies over the text to understand the bare minimum) I got the launch codes and after being very confused by what the Statue did flew into space. The first planted i got to was Dark Bramble and after going inside and once again being very confused I died to the anglerfish in what i can describe as one of the scariest things a Video Game has done to me in along time. Afterwards I got to expirience the Time loop for the first time and once again got very.... very confused. I landed on Brittle hollow and after falling into the black hole cause the ground suddenly vanished beneath my feet and dying cause of lack of oxygen I once again closed the game. However this time it was different the game had done smth to me which i couldnt explain so the next day i started it yet again but this time wanting to truly see the world the game was build upon. I started a new file and read everything there is to read I realy wanted to see everything the game had to offer something no other game had made me wanna do as much as Outer Wild has. I finished the base game in around 9h and the Ship log in around 11. After doing that I was amazed by what the game had achieved. It was beautiful and absolute masterpiece something that will forever go down in my mind as one of the if not the best game i have every played. I bought the DLC right away and after another 6h had also beaten that and while to be honest i didnt like the dlc as much as (in my opinion) it was alot more horror like and less explore and ancient alien species as the rest of the game after seeing its ending (and then beating the base game once again to get the prisoner there) i truly felt that the dlc made the game even better as it rounded out the already well crafted story even more. After seeing everything the game had to offer I still wasnt truly satisfied. There where so many things i wanted to see the Science fair of the nomai, other nomai clans and other places that all i did for the last couple of months was looking at more Outer Wilds related content to truly understand everything there is to understand. From watching every review of the game i could find to seeing dozens of lets plays i just couldnt get enough. Yet nothing could give me the same feeling i had while playing Outer Wilds. This brings me to this video and for some reasons or others this video truly expressed the beauty of Outer Wilds better the anything else i have seen about it (Apart from the actual game ofc). It brought back all these feelings to me that i sought after and finishing the Video i can truly say that for me you have achieved what you wanted to achieve to show the beauty of Outer Wilds in one video. This Video is one of the if not the best video i have seen on this platform for a very long time. And i truly want to thank you for making it. Outer Wilds is a game that left a deep inpact on me and even tho i will never fully let go of the feelings it brought me. After watching your video i feel like i can move on and visit other places (maybe a bit cringe to write but thats truly what it made me feel like) Sry for all the text i dont even know if someone will read all of it xD. If you did thank you i know my english is not the best and also my keyboard is half broken so if some letters are missing at some parts or sometimes theres to many letters then now you know why. Also i just once again wanna say how amazed i am that a game that i played for less then 20h brought me so much joy and left such a deep inpact on me like no other. I may have played close to 4k hours of Minecraft last year (ye i know i should go touch some grass you dont have to tell me that) yet Outer Wilds with its less then 20h brought me thousands of times more joy then any other game. Well thats it if your still reading I just hope youll have a great rest of your day c::

Absolutely loved this video!!! Tysm for organising all of this into a timeline lol. keep it up :D p.s. the end of this video made me cry for like an hour lol no joke

Absolutely fantastic video. I still find myself grieving that I can't play this game for the first time ever again, but projects like these really help me appreciate the wonderful experience that this game was, and continues to be.

You’ve done the game justice. Honestly in awe of the video. Thank you. Truly.

OK, i'm just starting the video and i already want to thank you for the warning concerning the dlc, i finished the base game a while ago and i just bought the dlc yesterday, i really want to watch the vid but don't want to be spoiled. So thank you for thinking about people in my position, much appreciated ♥ Edit: Finished the video, it's a banger

This video is nothing short of a masterpiece, and conveys the exact same wonder I felt with every node in the game. You are a truly talented writer and producer, and have wholly created a worthy tribute, media in orbit, reflecting the curiosities and beauty of what it is reflecting. I truly cannot wait to see what you create next, as while it is tempting to linger here and hope for more, your further possibilities will forever remain as such if we only sit.

Amazing video, loved it.

That's a very, very, very well made video. Congrats.

Man im not even finished with the video but this is amazing. I loved your iceberg video but this is so much more, equivalent to what mossbag's Hollow Knight lore video is. Having voice acting during the jump to Dark Bramble broke me, such a good video

WOW. I have watched many OW videos. 20+ lets plays/streams of this game. But never did it ever occur to me, that 22 minute loop actually happened to the player, as many times as you learn the probe had launched. And finally that text about how the ash twin can make the nomai aware of issues, makes perfect sense, which I guess I thought I understood, but I kind of did not. Until I saw the end of your video. and I thought this game couldn't blow my mind anymore.

Parabéns pelo vídeo. A edição, a forma de contar, harmonia.

Great video. Gave me answers i've been looking for since i played the game. Starts to make more sense.

great video, thanks for making it, playing the game was something, and watching videos about it also is

i know you said you wouldn't make more, but dont stop trying to think of things!!! love this channel and love this game. has also changed me

I like this video very much! Bad that it has not much views as it deserves! Thank you for all the work!

this is so well made

Your video is a masterpiece. Watched the whole thing.

I really love how this video goes through the whole story chronologically. Pretty much every other Outer Wilds video I’ve seen has the narrator explain their personal experience, and they describe the way the story unfolded for them specifically. It’s nice, but this video here does it without a narrator’s perspective. It’s just THE story which is really good. And quite well made too. I like the music synchronization!

Thank you for creating this masterpiece.

one of the best videos on the internet!!! Such a shame that it has so little views. Made me tear up at the end.

Watching this and when the banjo plucking came in, I started crying. I still mourn the Hearthians 💔

Just the effort you put in the intro deserves a like man

Gorgeous analysis, made me feel all the feels that I felt when I first played the game :3

What a beatiful video. ♥GREAT WORK!

I was just thinking about Outer Wilds last night when I had a repressed memory: I was a little kid who was just starting to learn about space and I tried building a homemade spaceship out of junk at my grandparents house (of course it didn’t work and I remember at that time being very sad about it). Now, I’ve played and beat Outer Wilds and realized that (at least in my opinion) one of the reasons why Outer Wilds is so great is that it recreates that same wish to explore that I had as a little kid, that motivated my biggest hyperfixation that is astronomy, and what motivated the Hearthians in the game. If you are one of those people who likes reading comments before watching the video, as the person who did an amazing job and posted this said, please go play Outer Wilds yourself. You won’t regret it

Theory: Prisoner was the (or if not, one of the) official owlk artists, and when the prisoner went to the eye signal to watch it to paint it/put it in a slide reel, he saw the full vision which was the rebirth of the universe (which he painted at 17:08 )(excuse the rough wording im not stellar at making theories but when theres a painting called “Prisoners Prophecy” its gotta mean something)

21:06 That music sounds great! Epic video btw!

This was just beautifull done. Thanks.

Might have found one of the most underrated videos on the platform

extremely well done video 10/10. fitting for a 10/10 game too. Its crazy how tiny this game seems at its surface, but under that surface is one of the deepest stories ive experienced in a game or even movie. you captured everything important and displayed it so beautifully.

This video is amazing. Outer Wilds is already one of my favorite games yet this video somehow enhanced my enjoyment of the game even more.

Excellent video man

This video is amazing dude

I just played through the game for the first time. This is exactly what I was looking for. So well done.

What a beautiful video. Thank you for this :)

I'm gutted the lore explorer never made something of this quality, his channel was my go to for outer wilds content, but this... this is every thing

gosh I adore this game. for sure in my top 5 of all time

That video is like seeing a movie of Outer Wilds, it's note the same, but it's similar to playing for the first time, thank you for that. Outer Wilds truly changed my life

I love this game so much, there's so much to unpack. It's so beautiful, and never fails to make me feel less alone or to make me feel like the little pieces of my everyday life matter. A game so simple, yet so dense, and so intentional.

Wow, beautiful. Amazing video!

I loved the video, It was really cool

Beautifully made video

Man... Just thank you for this video. I've completed my second playthrough with my gf a year ago, and now this video let me dive into the lore once more. This is truly more than a game, and this is truly more than a video to me. A damn masterpiece, both the video and the game. Thank you, once again.

Good content, keep going👍

You deserve more views!